ACER-Chapter 19: If You Want a Beating, I Can Help You

After returning to her residence that remained unchanged, Di Yange had just planned to lie down for a bit when she sensed someone approaching.

Ever since she started cultivating, her five senses had grown increasingly sharp.

She could only get up and open the door.

Outside stood Luo Ziyin, whom she hadn’t seen for a long time, along with Xi Rou, who had brought him along.

After two years, the little bean sprout from before had begun to grow up. His delicate features were quite pleasing to the eye but when facing her, his entire expression was sour.

As for Xi Rou, she wore a light yellow dress embroidered with white flowers. Her ink-black hair was pinned up with a silver hairpin, with a few playful strands falling over her shoulders, giving her an elegant and charming air.

Her face always carried a gentle smile, the kind that made people feel at ease, unlike Luo Ziyin’s expression, which made one not want to look twice.

Over the past two years, Di Yange had interacted with Xi Rou quite often, since she was the one who delivered the herbs for her alchemy every time.

“Xi Rou, what brings you here?”

“You’re about to enter the secret realm, so I brought Ziyin to see you.”

Even her voice carried endless warmth.

It was no wonder that in the future, both the protagonist and the antagonist would fight over a girl like her. Even Di Yange found her gentle and somewhat adorable.

Though she might have a few small schemes, it didn’t affect her good impression of her.

“You’ve worked hard these past two years. If I make it back, I’ll bring something from the secret realm for you.”

“Really?”

Xi Rou’s soft and gentle eyes lit up with joy.

Actually, she treated every disciple in the sect this way, gentle and kind. Many had promised to bring her treasures before, but once they obtained something valuable, they never gave it to her in the end.

Unlike Di Yange, someone who could treat a little brother that had no blood relation to her with such sincerity.

She believed that the time in these two years was enough to warm her heart a little.

The special care she gave to Di Yange wouldn’t be wasted as long as she could treat her half as well as she did to her little brother.

“What matters most is Junior Brother’s safety. If there’s danger, you must protect yourself first.”

Di Yange was about to exchange a few more pleasantries before sending her off, when she suddenly sensed someone watching them secretly. With a casual glance, she spotted Xiao Jue.

Xiao Jue? Sneaking a look? At her and Xi Rou?

Was he… jealous because he saw her together with Xi Rou???

Xiao Jue was also at the age of budding romance after all.

Suppressing a laugh, Di Yange said, “Senior Sister, why don’t you and…Ziyin come in and sit? I’ve just recently come up with a new cooking method, I’ll make something for you.”

“You… you can actually cook?”

Xi Rou’s impression of her improved even further.

In this day and age, even among ordinary people, other than chiefs who made food for a living, very few men cooked, let alone cultivators.

At the mention of cooking, Di Yange also became excited.

After throwing Xiao Jue a provocative glance, she ushered Xi Rou and the constipated-looking Luo Ziyin inside.

Luo Ziyin followed behind Xi Rou, and when she wasn’t looking, he pointed his nose at Di Yange in blatant arrogance.

Outside the light screen, Luo Ziyin nearly exploded with anger, finally unable to resist slapping his own face.

“Luo Ziyin, if you want a beating, I can help you.”

He turned around and saw a group of people eager to act, and snorted disdainfully.

…

Meanwhile, Di Yange had already taken out a bunch of pots and pans.

She usually used these things for alchemy.

After all, when she returned home, she wouldn’t be able to use an alchemy furnace, and those were hard to control anyway.

A pot was different. After she returned, she could just use an induction stove.

Soon, ingredients were brought in.

Xi Rou watched with anticipation.

Di Yange looked extremely serious, she first summoned a fireball.

Then it grew larger and larger, and the temperature in the room also rose rapidly.

Even until the fireball reached the size of a washbasin, it was still expanding.

Even Xi Rou, a cultivator, felt overwhelmed by the heat, let alone Luo Ziyin, who endured it in silence, gritting his teeth.

Xi Rou looked at the extremely dangerous fireball in front of her and swallowed nervously.

“J…Junior Brother, is this really the fireball technique? Isn’t this fireball a bit too big?”

“Don’t worry, Senior Sister. This time I’ve got it under control, it definitely won’t explode.” Di Yange looked at the fireball, her expression filled with excitement and madness.

Xi Rou’s voice trembled, “Explode? Wasn’t that from the furnace before?!”

She had always known that Di Yange liked to refine pills in the library and would blow up the library every ten days or so. Then the library would be rebuilt, then blown up again. The entire sect was already used to this kind of thing.

Of course, the most important thing was that even the waste pills she refined were comparable to perfect grade pills.

But she didn’t know that the small fireball technique that Di Yange cultivated could explode like that.

Normally speaking, a small fireball could only be used to light a fire, the most it could do was blow up a small hole. Unless it was controlled by a high level cultivator, a small Foundation Establishment fireball being able to explode like that was unheard of.

Xi Rou looked at the fireball that was growing larger and larger, and felt the temperature rising higher and higher. Cultivators had heightened senses, Xi Rou could feel that this fireball was dangerous enough to take her life.

“J-…Junior Brother, I’m actually not hungry at all. I… I’ll go now.”

“Don’t move, Senior Sister. Don’t move at all. This is only my second time cooking with a fireball. If you move, I might lose control.”

“Ah?!”

Hearing Di Yange say that, Xi Rou was so scared that she didn’t dare move anymore, even Luo Ziyin stood there with a dark expression, face flushed from the heat, glaring at Di Yange through his nostrils.

Outside, the onlookers began analyzing the massive fireball.

Those who had suffered under Di Yange, however, discussed the issue of her cooking.

“Di Yange didn’t know how to cook at all, even a dog wouldn’t eat the things he makes.”

Long Yanche recalled the years he spent with Di Yange vividly, especially when she was addicted to cooking but couldn’t cook at all. Others didn’t let her cook, but she insisted on it. As a result, he had eaten everything she made…

“Exactly, not even dogs would eat it.”

“Dogs would vomit if they did.” 

Luo Ziyin sneered, “Huh, looks like you’ve all tried it.”

Once his words came out, everyone hatefully glared at him.

They’re about to lose their minds when they thought of how much Di Yange did for Luo Ziyin, they really wanted to beat him to death.

After saying that, Luo Ziyin ignored them and only stared intently at the Di Yange who was cooking for him in the light screen.

He refused to believe these dogs.

His brother’s cooking had to be the best in the world, it was just a pity that he had never tasted it.

…

Back inside, Di Yange’s dishes were ready.

Xi Rou and Luo Ziyin stared blankly at the three dishes and one soup in front of them.

The smell from these pitch black things seem to be identical to the waste pills she refined.

Were these things even edible?

Just as Xi Rou was on the verge of tears, Xiao Jue’s piercing voice rang out from outside.

“Yange, what are you doing in there? It stinks!”

Hearing that voice, Xi Rou immediately let out a breath of relief, “That should be Second Junior Brother, I’ll open the door to let him in.”

“Wait, don’t move!”

Unfortunately, it was too late.

As Xi Rou opened the door, a gust of wind entered and the massive fireball suddenly trembled.

“Damn it, I told you I couldn’t control it yet.”

Boom!

The entire inner disciple residence and several miles around it were all flattened.

Fortunately, all of the disciples were either outside gaining experience, or were away for training. Although there were still a few Foundation Establishment disciples that remained, they were quite fast and managed to escape at the same time as the explosion.

Within the blast radius, Di Yange shielded Xi Rou and Luo Ziyin immediately. As for Xiao Jue, he was too far away, she was also helpless.

So Xiao Jue was blasted away once again. A peak Foundation Establishment cultivator who was blasted by a small fireball technique again was so angered that he fainted.

For the next two days, Jianxin Sect strictly forbade Di Yange from using fireball techniques and had people guard her tightly.

Once Xiao Jue recovered, the sect immediately threw the two of them out. Officially, it was to let them familiarize themselves with the surroundings of the secret realm.